The Coachella Valley Preserve: The Struggle for a Desert Wetlands Sonoran Desert wildflowers people went into the mountains

people went into the mountains to find homes and recreation

Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone

sand dunes and rugged mountains

and the western part of the Sinai

There are few roads in this region - some are prospector trails and others are roads to abandoned mining towns

The Coachella Valley Preserve: The Struggle for a Desert Wetlands Sonoran Desert wildflowers people went into the mountainsThis true story is set in the Coachella Valley, the desert region best known for Palm Springs, California, a glamorous and sunny resort for the rich and famous, filled with emerald green golf courses, lakes, condominiums, and sunset capped blue mountains. Yvonne Tevis here delineates the ongoing intense battle between developers and conservationists over how this precious land should be used. Basing her tale around the fight to save the habitat of an